Fabric-supporting reel.



G. T. MGLEOD.

FABRIC SUPPORTING REEL.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT.29, 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910.

- such that the hub 17 will be normally forced turned moperative in adirection away from the endof the spoke 9, and when the locking toe 19 of the collar 20 is engaged with the recess 18 of the hub, such locking en agement will be maintained, as willbe c ear, so as to hold the su porting arm 16 in desired position.

etween each of the collars 20 and the adjacent hub 17 a similar construction is employed to maintain the recesses 18 in locking engagement with the toe 19 of the adjacent collar, as will be readily understood.

There may be two, three or more recesses 18 in each of the hubs 17, 'so that said hubs and perforce the supporting arms 16 connected therewith may be swung into the plane of the revolving spokes 9, as indicated in Fig. 1, and there 0c ed, or they may be turned into a position at right angles to such plane, also indicated in Fig. 1, and supported in this position.

The innermost supporting arm 16* is' preferably fixed to its radial spo e 9 by means of a set screw 25, Fig. 3, whereas the remaining series of the supporting arms 16 are preferably connected to the spokes 9 in the manner hereinbefore pointed out.

As indicated in Fig. 1, the fabric 26, which is to be coated with cement or adhesive material, passes into the tank 27 about the supporting roll 28 and emerges from said tank with its outer surface coated with cement or adhesive material. end 'is attached to one of .the fixed supporting arms 16* of the reel, the remaining supporting arms being turned into position or into the plane of the reel, as indicated in Fig. 1, so that they will not be in the way of. a proper winding of the coated fabric upon the supportin arms 16*. After the reel has been rotate once, the next supporting arm 16 on each radial spoke is turned into operative position at right angles-to the plane of rotation of the reel, and there locked by the slot 18 and lockingtoe 19, as hereinbefore indicated, and the reel given another rotation to wind the fabric thereon, as indicated in Fig. 1, whereupon the next arm radially outward on each spoke 9 is turned into operative position and the reel given further rotati-ve movement. It will be noted that the reel may be dis posed with relation to the cement appl ing tank 27 so that the fabric 26 passing f i'om said tank may be wound directly on the supporting arms as they are successivel into operative position after each single rotation of the reel,-and that, when the supporting arms'are turned into their ino erative position, they do not contact wit the fabric 26 on its way from the cement tank 27 to thereel, nor'otherwise ob struct the free rotative movement of the In this condition itstaut and free from wrinkles or other undesirable conditions.

In its best form the invention contemplates that the supportin arms shall be of such length from the hu portion 17 that the narrow fabric or canvas stri may be wound on each set of arms in helical form, that is, the different winds or layers on each set of arms may be disposed in planes at varying distances from the hub portions 17 so that they will not overlap or come in contact'and consequently will not stick together.

What is claimed is:

1. In a reel for supporting a strip of fabric with the plies thereof separated, the combination of a supporting standard, a shaft sustained thereby, a hub rotatable on said shaft, a series .of radial spokes projecting from said hub, a series of supporting arms loosely mounted on said spokes, and means for locking said supporting arms in operative or inoperative position with respect to the plane of rotation of said reel.

2. In a reel for supporting a strip of fabric with the plies thereof, separated, the combination of a supporting standard, a shaft sustained thereby, a hub rotatable on said shaft, retardin means acting to revent freerotation o the reel, a series 0 radial spokes projecting from said hub, a series of sup ortmg arms loosely mounted on said spo es, and means for locking said supporting arms in operative or inoperative position with respect to the plane of rotation of said reel.

3. In a reel for supporting a strip of fabric with successive plies thereof in separated relation, the combination of a support, a hub having a series of radial spokes, a series of supportlng arms-loosely mounted on said spokes in separated relation, and locking means acting separately on each supporting arm to hold it 111 either operative or inoperative position.

4. In a reel for supporting a strip of fabric with successive plies thereof in separated relation, the combination of a support, a hub having a series of radial spokes, a series of sup orting arms loosely mounted on said spo es in separated relation, a series of collars havin locking tongues fixed to said rad1al s 0 es, and springs for normally forcing t e locking tongues into lockin enagement with the supporting arms to%1old t e latter in position to wind the cloth thereon or in a osition to ermit the reel ,to rotate while t e cloth is oing wound on other supporting arms.

5. In a reel for supporting a stri of fabric with the successive plies thereo in separated relation; the eofiab inetion of ei fsup port, a shaft non iotatebly fend endwise I movably sustained thereby, e reelFhev ing ahub onsaid shafQe cOHar secu i'ed torithee 5 shaft and bearingIOn "the 'hub,ma isffo'r yieldingly moyingthe sheft endwisegto regniate the'frictionalretarding efieeflpf sind. collar, and supporting ermsmovablehmto and out of operative position eerried by said 1ohub.f

ric with the sucoessiveplies thereo in) separated relation; the combination of e sup 1 port, a shaft 5, e hub 7 on Saidzshaft and 15 having redialspokes a fixedsupport ing erm l6*fand a series of loose s holdingneech supporting arm in loc v lotion with its ooectin locking collar. i i In testimony whereo I have signed my i o two subscribing witnesses. 6..Inereel fonsupporting e stritp of fabugport-in arms 156 oal rieddby each of sai radia s okesm locking collar 20 having a lockin J *fingerAQend coacting with each of sai N loosesupporting arms, and a sprin 24 for 20 g re-.

name to" this specification, in

thepresenee of i GEORGE T. MOLEOD.

Witnesses: V e

1 JEANNIE K. BETTON, BEULAH A. HOLDEN. 

